21 things that I adore the most in the summer.
- Pressed fresh sheets before bed; rumpled well-loved sheets post-sleep.
- Seemingly squeaky clean greener-than-green grass beneath my feet.
- Sitting on park benches, legs swinging, 99p cones in hand, laughing about nothings.
- Sheltering from the sunrays by plopping down on the windowsill with a book (or let’s face it, a chockablock Twitter feed).
- Glasses of iced chrysanthemum tea.
- Declaring barbeque day with my brother and sister – just for us three!
- Heaping all of my favorite things in the boot, driving to the lake and just having an hour to myself.
- Making ice lolly concoctions of all of my favorite fizzy drinks.
- Laying on my back outdoors and playing ‘the entire view is blue’.
- The anticipation of a designated beach road trip.
- Lazy summer evenings still at the pub after a quick lunchtime bite.
- Those golden pink hazy sunsets.
- Sun-soaked walks, hand in hand, looking over at wooden fences, corn fields and watching ducks amble around in the lake.
- The swings.
- Nonsensical 8pm conversations in the basking sunlight. These always make less and more sense than others.
- Accidental early morning Sundays being justified by the sun. The sun!
- The instant justification of white dresses and flowers at every accessorisable place.
- Happening to wander out at 4pm and reminiscing on ‘playing out after school’.
- Refreshing cool showers in the evening followed by an hour or two curled up on the sofa.
- The smell of an afternoon barbeque wafting down the entire street.
- Being really British and anticipating autumn already.
